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"The English are no craic"

completedit · 2019-05-07 11:40:48

Anyone see that interview with Donnacha O'Callaghan. He says they're polite and nice but "no craic". Is this an example of Ireland exceptionalism? I wouldn't call what English do when they go to football tournaments "having the craic" but it's not like they're all stuffy posh types. Of course, when he means having the…

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#212 12-05-2019 03:54AM

Jimmy Garlic

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WhY are they English anyway? What is Englishness? There are so Manu stereotypes all the way buddies.

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#213 12-05-2019 06:28AM

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Some say the Germans are more robot than man.

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#214 12-05-2019 11:03AM

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completedit wrote: »

I bet plastic paddies was a term invented by English to describe Irish English and we just latched onto it.

First heard that phrase about ten years ago on British tv. Never heard it used here previously.

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#215 12-05-2019 02:10PM

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Beechwoodspark wrote: »

First heard that phrase about ten years ago on British tv. Never heard it used here previously.

Heard it used here 20 years ago when people talked about the Irish international football team.

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